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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5604
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia whose molecular etiology is poorly understood. We studied a family with hereditary persistent AF and identified the causative mutation (S140G) in the KCNQ1 (KvLQT1) gene on chromosome 11p15.5. The KCNQ1 gene encodes the pore-forming alpha subunit of the cardiac I(Ks) channel (KCNQ1/KCNE1), the KCNQ1/KCNE2 and the KCNQ1/KCNE3 potassium channels. Functional analysis of the S140G mutant revealed a gain-of-function effect on the KCNQ1/KCNE1 and the KCNQ1/KCNE2 currents, which contrasts with the dominant negative or loss-of-function effects of the KCNQ1 mutations previously identified in patients with long QT syndrome. Thus, the S140G mutation is likely to initiate and maintain AF by reducing action potential duration and effective refractory period in atrial myocytes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
299
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
251-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Atrial Fibrillation, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Child, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-China, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Electrocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Heart Atria, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Heart Ventricles, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-KCNQ Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-KCNQ1 Potassium Channel, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Lod Score, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Long QT Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Microsatellite Repeats, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Myocytes, Cardiac, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:12522251-Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
KCNQ1 gain-of-function mutation in familial atrial fibrillation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, and Institute of Medical Genetics, Tongji University, 399 Xin Cun Road, Shanghai 200065, People's Republic of China. drchen@public7.sta.net.cn
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't